Red Dead Redemption is so overrated

Just beat the game. What a disappointment. Only good thing about it is the canyon scenery, but that got old pretty fast. Primary missions basically consist of the same lame shootouts over and over again. Side missions aren't even worth to be bothered with. Assassin's Creed 2 and GTA games are much better. This is on par with Assassin's Creed 1 at best. Also surprisingly short, beat it within 12 hours, but I guess that's a good thing considering the gameplay got boring way early on. The extra hour of end game is so shamelessly cheap since it is a rehash of the initial tutorial. It would be a travesty if this game wins GOTY. Far better open world games have already been made. This game is no where near the usual Rockstar quality.

you know theres a reason for writing user reviews right?

I agree, but pretty much anything Rockstar puts out gets licked up by the critics. GTAIV and RDR are both wildly over-rated.

..and here comes the RDR hate. Sad. I don't understand why people feel it's necessary to hate on games that great critical reception. If this game got no GOTY nominations everyone would be praising how good it was and how biased the media is for only hyping up mainstream games like Halo and CoD.N7Espi

Is this Because Mass Effect 2 now has little to no chance of Getting Game of The Year on Gamespot?

this is called SYSTEM WARS not, "insert game" is overrated and this is why i feel it is... thats why you have a blog

Traveling was a chore sometimes if you didn't have a campsite, and some "find and fetch me" missions left me irritated.

But, given these minor set backs, the game is a gorgeous world that makes the wild west fictional world very believable. I mean, the voice acting and face animations were better than some human actors, haha.

I thought it was a good game, but I never thought I would actually end up liking GTA4 more.

But, given these minor set backs, the game is a gorgeous world that makes the wild west fictional world very believable. I mean, the voice acting and face animations were better than some human actors, haha.

Squall18

True.

Too bad the missions were still boring as hell.

haven´t played it, but don´t really plan to. I was never big on the whole cowboy and indian theme

What makes you think GTAIV is better?

RDR is way better than AC1, now that's a overrated game.

If RDR is overrated, then i don't know what ME2 is... Mediocre shooter game-play, no effort in graphics.... Levels are ten minutes corridor shootouts where all you do is kill everything in your way in an extremely repetitive manner. The planet scanning is boring. Only thing it has for it is "cinematic talking" which i wasn't impresed with.GeneralShowzer

Maybe it has got the best voice acting, soundtrack, atmosphere, characters, writing etc, but I am sure that's nothing :wink:

It has problems certainly, but its still an awesome game. My biggest issue is the repetition, as with all the rockstar games :P.

This thread has nothing to do with console wars. I would suggest writing a review for the game rather than making a thread.

I didnt like it at all. Got real boring fast. The same goes for GTAIV.

I'm finally starting on my back log and am playing through game and its ****ing amazing. Get a better taste in games and try to more stuff. Yes open world games can get repetitive, but I often find that its me that's making it repetitive. I love the shoot outs so far, the story, collecting stuff, helping people, the voice acting, the visuals are stunning, the way the music picks up during fights in Mexico. This is a great game and probably will end up being the the best open world game I've played. Enjoying it a lot more than GTA IV. Also, screw Five Finger Roulette, I hate that game.

boring, boring, boring, horseback-riding, guys being mauled by wolves a million times, boring boring, repetitive, repetitive, repetitive, yawn, oh do i have to go frm point A to point B and shoot people again, boring, boring, repetitive, meh, meh, meh, blehhhhhh.

I'm finally starting on my back log and am playing through game and its ****ing amazing. Get a better taste in games and try to more stuff. Yes open world games can get repetitive, but I often find that its me that's making it repetitive. I love the shoot outs so far, the story, collecting stuff, helping people, the voice acting, the visuals are stunning, the way the music picks up during fights in Mexico. This is a great game and probably will end up being the the best open world game I've played. Enjoying it a lot more than GTA IV. Also, screw Five Finger Roulette, I hate that game.

mD-

So because he doesnt like it he has a bad taste in games? That must mean I do too.

I'm finally starting on my back log and am playing through game and its ****ing amazing. Get a better taste in games and try to more stuff. Yes open world games can get repetitive, but I often find that its me that's making it repetitive. I love the shoot outs so far, the story, collecting stuff, helping people, the voice acting, the visuals are stunning, the way the music picks up during fights in Mexico. This is a great game and probably will end up being the the best open world game I've played. Enjoying it a lot more than GTA IV. Also, screw Five Finger Roulette, I hate that game.

mD-

For those saying it's boring, this isn't a game that you play for an hour and then stop and ignore for a long time. You need to keep playing through it. Also turn off normal aiming mode, put it on expert aiming, and use good headphones or get a good set of speakers, thanks.

boring, boring, boring, horseback-riding, guys being mauled by wolves a million times, boring boring, repetitive, repetitive, repetitive, yawn, oh do i have to go frm point A to point B and shoot people again, boring, boring, repetitive, meh, meh, meh, blehhhhhh.

rawr89

For those saying it's boring, this isn't a game that you play for an hour and then stop and ignore for a long time. You need to keep playing through it. Also turn off normal aiming mode, put it on expert aiming, and use good headphones or get a good set of speakers, thanks.

mD-

Played it over a few days then went play multiplayer for a few hours. I still didnt like it.

Deal with the fact that not everyone will like the game. Just because someone doesnt like it does not mean they didnt play it right.

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I'm finally starting on my back log and am playing through game and its ****ing amazing. Get a better taste in games and try to more stuff. Yes open world games can get repetitive, but I often find that its me that's making it repetitive. I love the shoot outs so far, the story, collecting stuff, helping people, the voice acting, the visuals are stunning, the way the music picks up during fights in Mexico. This is a great game and probably will end up being the the best open world game I've played. Enjoying it a lot more than GTA IV. Also, screw Five Finger Roulette, I hate that game.

TheMightyHoov

So because he doesnt like it he has a bad taste in games? That must mean I do too.

The only good thing was the canyon scenery? Someone obviously didn't play the entire game. Just my opinion, but RDR greatly outclasses any of the Assassin's Creed games. At least the plot was comprehensible, Assassin's Creed games are just like "WTF?!?!?!?"

RDR Story was awesome. It coulda used a little tweaks though. But the Gameplay and Story were better than most games. This may seem morbid lol, but the holes from shooting people made this game for me lol, it just added a lil more realistic quality. Also Tieing people up and stuff. Sorry if that seems evil haha, but the gameplay was just awesome. Also the voice acting was tops, ALOT better than MOST games. Rockstar knows what they're doing.

There's a lot more that this game allows you to do compared to other open world third person shooters. Story is gripping on me now and I'm ready to find out what happens next! I know I mentioned this already, but this game is so beautiful and just feels alive at all times. The animations are great especially when Marston slides into cover and the kill animations are some of the best ever. I love the sound effects. I love the challenge of riding on a horse back and pulling off a headshot in expert aiming mode without using dead eye. I love the semi-automatic pistol (I know there are other weapons to get later, but I'm not that far). I shouldn't have played this game first in my backlog. At least I don't have any other open world shooters to beat. Also, I'm so glad I didn't play GTA IV before this, lol.

Just beat the game. What a disappointment. Only good thing about it is the canyon scenery, but that got old pretty fast. Primary missions basically consist of the same lame shootouts over and over again. Side missions aren't even worth to be bothered with. Assassin's Creed 2 and GTA games are much better. This is on par with Assassin's Creed 1 at best. Also surprisingly short, beat it within 12 hours, but I guess that's a good thing considering the gameplay got boring way early on. The extra hour of end game is so shamelessly cheap since it is a rehash of the initial tutorial. It would be a travesty if this game wins GOTY. Far better open world games have already been made. This game is no where near the usual Rockstar quality.

runbleduck

12 hours? Boy your horse must be exhausted....

it deserves all the accolades it gets, the SP game's a masterpiece. definitely one of my favorites this gen.

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Just beat the game. What a disappointment. Only good thing about it is the canyon scenery, but that got old pretty fast. Primary missions basically consist of the same lame shootouts over and over again. Side missions aren't even worth to be bothered with. Assassin's Creed 2 and GTA games are much better. This is on par with Assassin's Creed 1 at best. Also surprisingly short, beat it within 12 hours, but I guess that's a good thing considering the gameplay got boring way early on. The extra hour of end game is so shamelessly cheap since it is a rehash of the initial tutorial. It would be a travesty if this game wins GOTY. Far better open world games have already been made. This game is no where near the usual Rockstar quality.

juliankennedy23

12 hours? Boy your horse must be exhausted....

yeah, talk about a speed run. :roll: the single player story took me around 20 hours to complete. then throw in another 5 hours for all the bountys, hideouts and stranger/side missions.

A lot of the hyped up HD games are.

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boring, boring, boring, horseback-riding, guys being mauled by wolves a million times, boring boring, repetitive, repetitive, repetitive, yawn, oh do i have to go frm point A to point B and shoot people again, boring, boring, repetitive, meh, meh, meh, blehhhhhh.

mD-

actually, i LOVED GTA3, Vice City, and San Andreas. GTA4 was boring, boring meh as well.

and yes, inFamous got boring in most parts for me, because navigating the city was freaking tedious, especially backtracking to past islands. the only thing that kept me going was the story and better powers. the side missions were boooooring, meh, and a pain.

Read Dead was just a borefest. what's the point of hunting anyways? 1/4 of the game you already have enough money for the rest of the game. whats the point of trying to hunt for a cougar claw or whatever when you're just gonna sell it anyways? wouldve been better if they made unlockables by trading in a number of different animals skins or whatnot. you're better off killing dozens of wolves instead of waiting for a cougar that only appears once in a while. bleh.

also, the controls are clunky. so many different surface collision issues. most of the times i wanna do something but i end up doing another. what's the point of wearing a Walton's Gang Outfit? to sneak in? you can't even do sneak attacks. once you attack someone they all start to attack you. go all the bother of unlocking an outfit, sneaking in just to get one kill easily?

I personally just cant get into Rockstar games. i dont think ive ever enjoyed anything theyve done for more than like a day. For about a day though I think they are like the best games ever but then I get instantly bored after that.